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W. J. FETTER. CORN HARVESTING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

No. 307,108. Patented Oct. 28, 1884.

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CORN HARVESTING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

No. 307,108. Patented Oct. 28,1884;

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\VILLTAM JOS. FETTER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS S.

' RUTHERFURD, OF SAME PLACE.

CORN HARVESTING AND HUSKING MACHINE.

E LJPECIFICAI'IGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 307,108, dated October 28,1884.

' Application filed June 23, 1883. (N modell To azz whom, it may concern: I delivered to and collected in a suitable recepo :3 Be it known that LWILLIAM J 0s. Fn'rrnn, tacle.

of St. Louis, Missouri, have made a new and Minor features of the machine are devices useful Improvement in Corn Harvesting and forlifting, straightening,and guiding the corn- 5 Husking Machines, of which the following is stalks to the'rolls, for keeping the cars from a full, clear, and exact description, reference falling between the rolls, and for deflecting 55 being had to the annexed drawings, making the cars into the troughs. part of this specification, in whichi The framework of the machine consists,sub-

' Figure l is a plan of the improved machine; stantially,of the horizontal part B, the upright Fig. 2, a side elevation; Fig. 3, a cross-section part 0, and the supporting-wheelsD D, which onthe line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4, a rear elevaare also the driving-wheels for operating the 60 tion, portions of the spouts being broken away; harvesting mechanism.

Fig. 5, a side elevation of the arm upon the E represents the thills, between which the thill or shaft; Fig. 6, a cross-section of a pair horse which draws the machine is harnessed.

i 5 of the stripping-rolls and showing the deflector F F G G represent two pairs of strippingfor lifting the ears from between the rolls and rolls on each side of the thills for the purpose 6 deflecting them into the trough beneath the of gathering the corn from the row at each rolls; Fig. 7, a plan of the part shown in Fig. side of the machine. One pair of rolls for a 6, and Fig. 8 a detail showing how the front row of corn will sometimes suffice; but it is or lower end of the trough is supported. better to have two pairs, as shown, for. each The sameletters of reference denote the same row, in which case a portion of the stalks in 70 parts. i the row passes between the rolls F F and a 1 The object of my invention is to produce a portion between the rolls G G. The guide H 5 machine adapted to harvest corn and husk the serves to divide the row and deflect the parts same in the field, wherein parallel huskingin between the two pairs of rolls, respectively.

rolls are used; and it consists, essentially, in I represents chains, .belts, or ropes carried 7 5 improvements which are especially applicable around the pulleys i z" and provided with Q to stripping-rolls arranged in pairs. Ireferprongs, fingers, or projections 11 1'. These 1 ably two pairs of rollers are employed for each belts l are moved in the direction indicated 3o row of corn, and hence fora machine such as the by the arrows, and their functions are to catch,

present for harvesting two rows at once there lift, straighten up, and direct the stalks so as 80 are four pairs ofrolls. The rolls are all arranged to bring them to the rolls G i. To enable longitudinally in the machine, inclined for these belts to acttobetteradvantagetheframe wardand downward,andaresuitablyjournaled of the machine is extended at B to support l 3 5 in the machine to enable the rolls in each pair to the pulleys if, around which pass the chains 1.

i turn toward each other as the cornstalks pass This enables the projections i if to act upon 8 5 between them. The rolls are positively actuthe stalks in the immediate vicinity of the ated by gearing, which transmits motion from ground, as well as higher up, and to straighten thedriving'wheels to the rolls. As the maup stalks that are considerably inclined. Simi- 0 chine advances the stalks pass between and lar chains, 1, pass around the sheaves i 17,

through to the rear of the rolls. The rolls of and serve a similar purpose with relation to 0 each pair are near enough together to prevent the inner pairs of rolls, F F. The chains I l. the cars from passing between them, and they are used upon each side of the machine. They are preferably close enough to each other to extend just above and parallel with the stripgrasp the stems of the ears. The effect, then, ping-rollers. v g

is to separate the corn from the stalks. The To prevent the silk orouter ends of the cars 5 cars drop from above the rolls into a trough from dropping between the rolls a series of beneath, whence they are preferably transelastic bars, J J, are made to project from ferred to the rear end of the machine and there fixed parts j j of the machine over the rolls,

as shown in Figs. 1 and The l'rce ends of these bars are sut'ticiently apart to allow the stalks to pass, but are close enough to each other to prevent the cars from pointing be tween the rolls. If any of the ears alter being separated should fall so as to rest between the rolls F and F or (it and G, they slide downward until they meet the deflector K, Figs. 1, o, 7, by means of which they are raised from between the rolls and directed into the trough L. The deflectors K K are only intended for such ears as may catch and rest upon the rolls. The principal portion of the ears as they, by the action of the rolls, are stripped from the stalks will drop directly into the trough L, which is beneath the rolls F F G "r, Figs. 1, 2, and 3. The function of the trough is to receive the ears while they are transmitted to such a point in the machine as shall be convenientfor collecting them. To this end the troughs are extended upward beneath and par allel with the rolls to the upright fral'ne O, and are there connected with the spouts )t M, Fig. 1, through which the ears are delivered into any rceeptaclesay, a wagon alongsidesuitable for receiving them.

To remove the ears after they have dropped into the trough and elevate them into the spouts M M, the endless belt or chain N is employed. It is carried around the pulleys a a, and is moved in the direction indicated by the arrows. The upper part of the belt, as shown in .Figs. 2 and 33, travels in thetrough, and the projections 12 n, with which the belt is furnished, (and which may be of any suitable shape therel'or,) act to lift and carry along the ears and deliver them into the spouts M M. These spouts, as shown, cross each other, andat their intersection a gate, in, is hinged, which may be turned to open either spent and deliver the ears to either, as desired. In the drawin s the s 1011b M is closed to divert all the ears coming from both of the troughs L "L into the spout M. The thills 1*] are provided with belts 0, having prtljeetions 0 0, and adapted to travel as indicated by the arrows, for the purpose of straightening such stalks as may come in the line of the thills F and directing them into the lield of the belts I and toward the rolls F F. The thills l are also furnished with the arms 1, Fig. 5, for the purpose of lifting aside the stalks that may be depressed.

The various movable parts of the machine may be actuated in any desirable way. That shown is considered desirable. The wheels 1) D are provided with gear-wheels Q, Fig. 2. The counter-shaftQ, Figs. 2 and at, is provided with pinions g, which engage with the gearwheels Q Q and with the bevel-pinion g, which engages with the bevetpinions 7' upon the upright shaft it. The bevel -pinion 1' upon the upper end of the shaft QR engages with the pinion .9 upon the horizontal shaft S. This last-named shalt is supplied with the pulleys s s and the bevel-pinions s. The pinions s" engage directly with the bevelgears uponthe rolls F FYG 1 Thebelts TT lead from the pulleys a around pulleys I, Fig. 2, upon the same shafts that support the pulleys z' z. U represents another horizontal shalt driven by the belt whom the shaft S. The shaft U supports the pulleys a n 01 the elevating-belts N N, which are thereby driven. A counter'shaftflV, upon the thills 1D, driven, say, by a belt from the shaft S, is provided with pinions 10 10, which engage with pinions w w upon-the shafts that carry the pulleys around which the bolts 0 t) are carried, and serving thereby to drive the belts O O.

The doors r f, Fig. 2, in the side of the trough are for the purpose of dropping the corn into a receptacle immediately beneath the trough, when so desired.

I claim 1. The combination of the bars JJ", the belt I, the rolls (t G", the receptacle L, and the elevating-belt N, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the bars J J, the belts I l, the rolls (l- G F F, the receptacle L, and the elevating-belt N, substantially as described. 3. The combination of the bars J J, the belt I, having the projections 1 and the rollsG G, substantially as described.

4.. The combination of the bars I J" and the rolls G G, substantially as described.

5. The combination of an inclined Vshaped trough having a central endless conveyor, the side doors r the gatherers, the guide H, and the hashing-rolls having deflectors at or near their lower ends, all constructed and adapted to operate substantially in the man ner and for the purposes described.

(5. The combination of endless gatheringbelts, an inclined trough, basking-rolls above said trough, an endless carrier in the bottom of the same, and a receiver for the ears of corn at its upper end, substantially as described.

7. The combination of endless gatheringbelts ll 1., a trough, the huskingrolls, an end less carrier, N, a guide, II, and'the endless gathering-belt 0, applied to one of the thills F, substantially as described.

8. The combination of the frame 1), having the',t'orwardly-diverging extensions, the endless gathering-belts1i, the endless gathering belt on one of the thills E, an inclined trough provided with an endless carrier, N, and the hashing-rolls, substantially as described.

9. In combination with the eorn-husking rolls, and receptacle beneath the same, the overhanging yielding deflector K, adapted to guide ears of corn from between said rolls and direct them into the receptacle, substantially as described.

10. The combination of an inclined trough, an endless carrier in its bottom, husking-rolls arranged above said trough, and bars J J, arranged over these rolls, substantially as described.

11. The combination of an inclined trough, the huskingrolls above the same, the belt having prongs over said rolls, and the oblique the bushing-rolls above said troughs, and endless beltsIl, having horizontal prongs reach- I 5 ing over said rolls, substantially as described. 15. The combination of the inclined trough, the endless carrier N at the bottom thereof, the bushing-rolls, the endless belts, having prongs above these rolls, and the bars J J above said prongs, substantially as described. \Vitness my hand this 21st of May, 1883. \VILLIAM JOS. FETTER.

Vitnesses:

. G. D. MOODY, C. T. BISEN. 

